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A fact from Walter Steding appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 March2026(check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that in the 1970s, Walter Steding became known for his electric violin, which he played while wearing flashing goggles "synced" to his brainwaves?
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... that in the 1970s, Walter Steding became known for his electric violin which he played while wearing flashing goggles "synced" to his brainwaves?
Source: "He was interested in “the aesthetics of sound,” as he put it, and had been experimenting with an electric violin, a synthesizer he built himself and an EEG machine, which measured his brainwaves. With these accouterments, and no musical training, he turned himself into an otherworldly one-man band.
He began performing at various happenings in galleries around the city, using his violin to make weird keening and wheezing sounds, while wearing a biofeedback device strapped to his belt and sporting a pair of flashing goggles that he said were synced to his brainwaves.He was interested in “the aesthetics of sound,” as he put it, and had been experimenting with an electric violin, a synthesizer he built himself and an EEG machine, which measured his brainwaves. With these accouterments, and no musical training, he turned himself into an otherworldly one-man band.
He began performing at various happenings in galleries around the city, using his violin to make weird keening and wheezing sounds, while wearing a biofeedback device strapped to his belt and sporting a pair of flashing goggles that he said were synced to his brainwaves." NY Times
ALT0a... that in the 1970s, Walter Steding became known for his electric violin played while wearing flashing goggles "synced" to his brainwaves?
I have added a shorter version for the hook, ALT0a, which I prefer. Munfarid1 (talk) 09:55, 26 February 2026 (UTC)